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Trump ‘Affirms’ Preexisting Condition Protections Enacted By Obamacare

September 25, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he claims preserve the Affordable Care Act’s popular protections for people with preexisting conditions while his administration supports a case headed to the Supreme Court that could dismantle the health law. The president’s actions around Obamacare have been a focus of election-year criticism.

Trump Getting ‘False’ Information From Atlas, Redfield Overheard Saying

September 29, 2020 Morning Briefing

Referring to Dr. Scott Atlas — the member of the coronavirus task force who is currently believed to have President Donald Trump’s ear — CDC Director Robert Redfield said during a phone call made on a commercial flight heard by NBC News that, “everything he says is false.” Dr. Anthony Fauci also voiced concerns about the advice Atlas is delivering to the president.

Breaking A 10-Year Streak, The Number Of Uninsured Americans Rises

By Phil Galewitz September 10, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Census officials said most of the drop in health coverage was related to a 0.7% decline in Medicaid. The number of people with private insurance remained steady.

Corte federal de apelaciones derrumba crítica parte del Obamacare

By Julie Rovner December 18, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Todavía queda por delante un largo proceso judicial que tiene que determinar las partes de la ley que pueden seguir adelante sin un mandato individual.

FDA Gives Emergency OK To Convalescent Plasma As COVID Treatment

August 24, 2020 Morning Briefing

Calling the move a “breakthrough,” President Donald Trump announced that the Food and Drug Administration is issuing emergency authorization to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. Experts caution that the treatment shouldn’t be oversold.

Trump Abandons Rosy Forecast: Pandemic To ‘Get Worse Before It Gets Better’

July 22, 2020 Morning Briefing

In the first briefing of the White House coronavirus task force since April, President Donald Trump warned the nation about the state of the pandemic. He also told Americans to, “get a mask.”

Trump Threatens ‘Retribution’ Against Protesters Who Pull Down Statues, Criticizes Black Lives Matter Leader

June 26, 2020 Morning Briefing

Using terms like “treason” and “insurrection,” President Donald Trump’s comments have become increasingly aggressive about the protests against racial profiling and police violence.

Trump Retweets False CDC Death Count Claim, Twitter Deletes It

September 1, 2020 Morning Briefing

A QAnon-driven conspiracy that baselessly questions the official U.S. coronavirus death count is circulating on social media, including by President Donald Trump. Twitter removed his retweet. Its just the latest example of the uphill climb the company faces in battling dangerous misinformation.

Voters Say Congress Needs To Curb Drug Prices, But Are Lawmakers Listening?

By Emmarie Huetteman November 11, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Nearly 8 in 10 Americans say the cost of prescription drugs is unreasonable, but the odds look grim for Congress to pass significant pricing legislation this year.

HHS Targets Redo Of ‘Inaccurate’ Hospital Payments

August 11, 2020 Morning Briefing

The current method is flawed, some analysts say, leading to a pay gap between low- and high-wage hospitals. Also, Democrats say older voters will be unhappy with President Donald Trump’s order to end the payroll tax.

Where Amy Coney Barrett Stands On Reproductive Rights, Health Care

September 28, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump’s nominee for the high court has been described as a devotee of the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom she worked as a law clerk. On the subject of abortion, Scalia wrote that the Constitution has nothing to say about it and that states should decide the question for themselves. There is no reason to believe Barrett disagrees.

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes November 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

‘A Horrible Thing,’ Trump Says Of America’s 200,000-Death Mark

September 23, 2020 Morning Briefing

In remarks to reporters Tuesday, President Donald Trump said, “it’s a shame” that 200,000 have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. and that “it should have never, ever happened.” Trump did not acknowledge the death toll at a Pennsylvania campaign rally hours later. News outlets looks at other ways the president has responded to the state of the pandemic.

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Dems Debate Health Care

June 27, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Democratic presidential candidates disagreed on how to fix health care in their first debate Wednesday, although they all called for boosting insurance coverage and lowering prices. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is keeping health care in the news, too, with a new plan to make medical prices more available to the public. Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus the latest in news about bipartisan progress on catch-all legislation to address “surprise” medical bills. Plus, Rovner interviews NPR’s Jon Hamilton about the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” installment.

Trump Reportedly Hid First COVID Diagnosis While Waiting For Second Test

October 5, 2020 Morning Briefing

While waiting for the results of a more reliable test, President Donald Trump did not disclose during a Fox News interview that a rapid test taken Thursday evening had showed he was positive for the coronavirus, The Wall Street Journal reports. The White House has been under fire for its lack of transparency over the COVID status of staff members.

Listen: Trump’s Plan To End ‘Unpleasant Surprise’ Bills

May 10, 2019 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump called for an end to the “unpleasant surprise” of certain medical bills on Thursday. NPR reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin covered the White House announcement, which featured two patients from the KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” series.

Recovered From COVID? Donate Blood For Plasma Treatment, Trump Urges

July 31, 2020 Morning Briefing

During a roundtable at the Red Cross headquarters, President Donald Trump and other public health officials called on coronavirus survivors to donate. “You’ve gotten through it, and I guess that means you have something very special there,” Trump said.

California’s New Transparency Law Reveals Steep Rise In Wholesale Drug Prices

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Harriet Blair Rowan October 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Pharmaceutical companies raised the wholesale cost of their drugs by a median of nearly 26% from 2017 to early 2019, according to California’s first-ever report stemming from a new drug price transparency law. Prices for generic drugs rose nearly 38% during that time.

Trump, Biden Weigh Location Options For Acceptance Speeches

August 6, 2020 Morning Briefing

With the pandemic keeping both presidential candidates away from their national convention sites, President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden will likely deliver speeches closer to home. Other reports on how the epidemic is affecting the November election.

In Heated Exchange With Lawmakers, Postal Leader Defends Changes

August 25, 2020 Morning Briefing

“I am not engaged in sabotaging the election,” Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told a House committee, but President Donald Trump again Monday lashed out at Democrats’ push to have more people vote by mail.

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